ppl. a. [f. FURLOUGH sb. or v. + -ED.] Having a furlough or leave of absence; hence, unoccupied, inactive.

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1811.  W. R. Spencer, Poems, 5, ‘Leonora.’

        They shout, they sing, their cymbals ring,
Their green wreaths wave, they come, they come;
Ten thousand furlow’d Heroes bring
Or wounds, or wealth, or trophies home.

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1848.  Lowell, Biglow P., Poems, 1890, II. 23. She … Patted the furloughed ferule on her palm.

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1864.  Daily Tel., 26 Nov. All furloughed officers and men have been ordered to return immediately.

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